Battle Royale Event Information

[adstringendummod]

BATTLE ROYALE

The Animus may have been quiet recently, but now they're returning with a vengeance. Near the end of July, some of Adstringéndum's residents will find themselves trapped inside the earthquake-shaken and partly collapsed remains of the old mall... with a few additions: deadly weapons litter the ground, and there's a voice on the crackling PA system telling them that they have only two choices... Kill or be killed.

→ OUTSIDE THE MALL

- Characters who are not inside the mall (and therefore not combatants) will be able to view anything happening inside as an ongoing video feed over the network. Video will resemble surveillance cameras; there will be some sound, but it may be staticky or hushed. Different areas of the mall will be visible on different feeds, so characters may have to switch the video they are viewing if they want to keep an eye on their friends. - Announcements made inside the mall will not be audible to those outside, but the Announcer will show up on the main network occasionally during the event in order to tell everyone who is still alive. - Characters outside the mall will discover that it appears to be entirely surrounded by a transparent barrier. Physical force will have no effect against the barrier. Trying to use supernatural powers to break it may result in backlash (comment here if your character would use magic or other powers to try and break in, and we can plot out the result!)

→ INSIDE THE MALL

- If you want your character to participate in the event as a combatant inside the mall, please let us know via a comment on this post before July 20th. - Characters who die within the mall during this event will not need to pay death prices. Instead, they will remain dead (complete with all the nasty decomposition side effects) until the end of the final day of the event, at which point they will return to life. Fatal wounds and post-mortem injuries will be completely healed, although other wounds suffered during the event may remain. However, characters will not ICly know that they will not have to pay a death price; in fact, the Announcer may lead them to believe they won't be coming back at all.... - There will be no supernatural powers working within the mall, including magical senses or psychic abilities such as telepathy/telekinesis. Natural physical abilities greater than human (for instance, alien or vampire strength and speed) will be reduced to the human maximum -- Superman might be at the fitness level of an Olympic athlete, but he wouldn't be running faster than a locomotive or leaping tall buildings. Shape-changing or shifting abilities will not function, although other natural attributes of non-human physiology, such as bloodlust, enhanced senses, sharp claws and sharp teeth, will remain. - Characters inside the mall will not have their PCDs. They will not be able to access the network for communication or to view any of the video feeds or announcements visible to characters outside. Characters outside will be able to send messages to them (as though they were lost in the Wastes) but those messages will not be received until the end of the event. - A variety of weapons can be found within the mall, from simple (knives, brass knuckles, baseball bats) to technologically advanced items such as handguns. High explosives or long-range items such as sniper rifles will not be available. All weapons will appear real and functional, but some (at random, and at players' discretion) may transform into harmless foam, Nerf, or squirt guns when used on another player. - Food and water will be available at certain locations within the mall (indicated on the map). This food will be canned or dry (e.g. stale crackers in plastic, cans of ravioli or beans) rather than fresh or already prepared. - Some NPC characters will also be present within the mall, armed, and dangerous: these are NOT the scientists or other named NPCs, but rather the nameless characters, also from other worlds, who comprise part of the Adstringéndum population. PCs may not team up with NPCs, nor count them among total kills for the purpose of determining prizes. You may, however, use the NPCs to pose a threat to your character or have your character kill them at will. (Need an excuse to be blood-spattered? Murder an NPC.) - There is no limit on the number of "winning" characters -- any character still alive inside the mall at the end of the event will be considered a winner. Every character participating in the event will receive something for their trouble: Condition Prize Killed during the event They will return to life wearing a neon-colored T-shirt with a cartoonish red blood splatter at (or as close as possible to) the location of their fatal wound and the text, in black Comic Sans, "[Name of Killer] Murdered Me, And All I Got Was This Shirt." The first PC to die will also get a dead rat. Survived to the end, but did not kill A rubber chicken. Survived, and killed between 1 - 5 PCs An item from, or similar to items on, the "Mod Permission" list on the Supplies post. Survived, and killed more than 5 PCs An item that appears to be from their home world (within reason -- an iPod full of music, for example, or a favorite tea set.)

→ MALL MAP

→ AFTERMATH

- At midnight on July 28th, the barrier around the mall will go down. - Character powers will be restored the moment the barrier goes down. Characters who have died inside the mall will be restored to life wherever their bodies happen to be at that moment. - Their PCDs and their prizes will be found in their pockets or near them on the ground. They will be able to view the past week's video feeds in full detail. - All weapons found in the mall during the event will be transformed into useless foam or Nerf guns, including ammunition. Weapons not currently in a character's possession will disappear entirely.

→ OOC ORGANIZATION

- Event logs for characters inside the mall will be posted on July 20th on the adstringendumlog community. - Please feel free to use the comment section of this post in order to plot with other players or ask any questions that are not covered by the information in this post. - An OOC post will go up at the beginning of the event for players to leave comments if their character is killed inside the mall. These deaths will be announced ICly by the Announcer NPC, and will be used to determine which characters earn which prizes. Since battle logs often take a while to finish, particularly if players happen to be available at different times, we strongly recommend plotting OOC in order to determine the outcome of fights and make sure that death tallies are as accurate as possible.

Comments

[unstable]

I'M PARTICIPATING HELL YES HELLO
NO POWERS, NO PROBLEM

[haori]

COUNT THIS OLD FART IN.

[mere_shopkeeper]

So is the old fart sneaking up on the not-so-old fart and almost getting stabbed as a result?

[akito]

BUT WHERE ARE THE BATHROOMS

[leggierissimo]

But no, in all reality, all malls have at least two or three sets of bathrooms. They just... weren't included on the map, whoops. |D Good luck getting the toilets to flush, though~

[leashed_hunter]

Add in one Hunter!

[bunny_flower]

I sonder if we should make these two meet... Vincent won't be inside but he'll be ready to grab Zero as soon as he comes out.

[mellowyellow]

You would make me very, very happy if Masaomi Kida were to be inside the mall for the event.

Also, for plotting purposes, he'll be killing Duo. Have fun with that, guys.

[temperm]

My paid account ran out and I won't restore it until I'm back but imagine Gau's screaming and charging icon here

Because that is a thing that will happen

[reconciledtwins]

So, for characters like Rubedo and Albedo, who are literally two souls in one body instead of a natural case of split personalities, would they still both be present and interchangeable or would whichever one is not dominant at the time cease to exist for the event? Also, if the former, would the effect on their pigmentation that comes with the change be suppressed as a supernatural ability or let go because it's not actually worth calling a power?

[adstringendummod]

We're going to allow both souls to remain active and interchangeable as you please. And the pigmentation will be allowed since it's not really a supernatural power.

Questions

[akito]

1) Would characters who are bonded with firelizards still be able to communicate with them mentally via imagery, etc., even if they are outside of the mall/barrier?

2) Will there be first aid kits, or any higher-quality food items to be found occasionally as well as weapons? (so you can fight over supplies, of course)

3) Will there be any merchandise left in the mall available for picking over, such as old clothes or things in which to store water?

4) For characters that are, essentially, supernatural beings, are they turned human for the duration of the event, or just have all of their supernatural abilities blocked?

Re: Questions

[leggierissimo]

1. Considering all "supernatural" abilities are being nerfed for this, this connection will be temporarily blocked with no ill effects to either the person or the lizard. So no, communication with firelizards will not be possible.

2. There will be here and there, but I wouldn't call them too terribly common. There are an Animus entity or two that might be interested in being a little helpful, after all~

3. Basically, whatever can be found there normally can be found there during this event. c: So you're going to be able to find some clothing and such, but nothing high-quality, and probably a lot of ill-fitting things. Containers and the like will also not be guaranteed to not have holes in them.

4. They're turned human for this event, yes! c: Also, kind of sort of related but mostly just for reference, a good rule of thumb I'd suggest for this event would be "Could anyone IRL do this?" Learned/practiced skills like martial arts, swordfighting, above-average strength, etc. are fine, but things like magic, telekinesis, kamehamehas, etc. are not.

[korralate]

Korra is so participating.

And will promptly forget she can't bend every other minute. 8D;;;

[fangking]

So clearly she needs this douchebag around to make sure she doesn't die.

[zen_en_vert]

OH HELL YES. A chance to play human Bruce Banner in a fight?

[modernmarvel]

We really need someone to attack Tony so that Bruce can go human!hulk on them.

[closetshark]

Pitch is so in on this.

I'd actually really like him to kill a few people (I'd love five but I'll live with fewer) and survivial would be nice but it's not an absolute.

I want to show how vicious he is, as well as get more in to the fact that he doesn't actually value anyone's life abovie his own and kick off some of his remembering things.

[zen_en_vert]

I can tentatively offer him a Bruce to kill? He'll put up one hell of a fight, but it'd be fun! Especially since they kind of got along in the one thread they had, the whole confrontation can be nice and long and violent and sardonic. He has a date to kill someone else in self-defence earlier in the event, but for later on during their captivity...

[mere_shopkeeper]

/signs Urahara up

Question! If a character always carries their own personal weapon on them, will they be able to have it with them in the mall, or are no outside weapons allowed?

[adstringendummod]

Since we're providing weapons for everyone, all personal weapons a character may have will be left at home.

[leggierissimo]

JOSHUA IS BEING THROWN INTO THIS GUYS he'll be pretty much useless unless he finds a gun, so I'm free for plotting~

[closetshark]

want to die? 8D

Or at least get super maimed.

[integrity]

Crowley for sure! He's a quietly talented murderer, even without powers. He'll fuck you up for looking at him funny. :')

Up for plotting. I'll add more of my characters in if I decide to put them in later, but Crowley is my only definite.

[the_stand_cometh]

:3 I'd love Asagi and Crowley to fight.

[fangking]

Agito and Akito are in, if only to make sure Korra doesn't die a horrible death.

Oh, I suppose I should add that both are incredibly competent in survival situations, and were put through SWAT training from a young age and spent quite a few years as a SWAT team's main weapon.

So they have extensive knowledge in firearms, emergency first aid, basic survival skills, etc.

Low stamina, but crazy tactical ability and they know some crazy mixed martials arts and parkour shit.


They'll be teaming up with Korra and not be looking out to kill anyone. They will be focusing 1000% on survival and defense.

[grandtheftbody]

Mukuro's in! He's competent and somewhat lacking in morals when it comes to survival, he'll probably have a decent NPC body count but I'm up for any PCs that might want a Mukuro-style death (whatever that means).

Soren I'm still waffling on, but if I do put him in he'll go down the first time anyone glances in his direction. Poor wimpy mage.

[battleformysoul]

If you decide to get Soren in on this I'd be game to let Frau come save him. For as long as Frau manages to hold out running from people who don't deserve to be killed and fighting those that do.

[death_scythe]

Duo is so in for this!

And being killed by Kida. Bwahahah.

[pranksterheir]

-throws John in here- HAMMER TIME

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi

Alex

and Mary Weather

are all totally signed up for this.

Also totally up for having Alex or Mary as first kill, though I'd also be very much up for Mary being all sweet and convincing someone to help protect her at the beginning.

I'm up for any/all getting murderlated by people too! Asagi is the most likely to survive, but he is going to go blood-lust crazy. It isn't that he'll lack any logic, but he will take any chance he can to see blood spilled. Anyone's.

Comment if you want a cute little girl or a scary guy to kill you! Or if you want to kill someone~

To the mods: Izumi is a supernatural symbiote, but mostly just exists to modify Asagi's powers and help him control that blood-lust. Would Izumi still be with Asagi, or essentially muted to other people (can't show up or talk to others)/ shunted out/ cease existing for a week?

Adendum: Will the lights be *on* in the mall?

Also, are scythes on the find-able weapons list?

[grandtheftbody]

Would you be interested in Mukuro and Asagi fighting? Neither of them have to die (unless we want it to go that way), but it might be fun to see them face off and spill a little blood!

[undealt]

Gold and Gabriel are in. Gabriel will probably be following Castiel around like a puppy and will kill if he has to, but he's REALLY BAD AT IT.

Gold, however, needs his spinning wheel. COME ON PCS, COME GET BLUDGEONED TO DEATH BY AN OLD GUY... so long as Belle isn't watching. Or if she gets hurt/killed... oooh.

EDIT: Gabriel will be setting death traps instead of actually physically fighting once Castiel is dead.

[cryptkeeper]

Meg should keep an eye on Gabriel after the rest of the cast has kicked it. Grudgingly. With a lot of snarky commentary.

[leashed]

Count both of mine in!

Rome will be running around and trying to protect people from the... more prolific killers and crying 'NO IT'S OKAY NOBODY HAS TO KILL ANYBODY D8'. I'd like for him to maybe kill one or two people, but he'd only really do it in self defense |D

And this is awful, but I sort of want one of the people he's protecting to stab him in the back and kill him. :C


Yamamoto is going to think that this is a virtual reality game... :\ Which means that he won't hold back at all :o I think he may be teaming up with Mukuro at some point to protect one another? Regardless, he's a pretty decent (shounen manga) fighter, especially if he can find a blade or baseball bat of somekind, so I don't think he'll be dying, but I'm definitely open to it!

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi would stab him in the back before he goes on his blood-lust spree. Heck, at first Asagi would be honestly trying to help and keep himself checked. But tearing people apart is just so much fun!

[narakau]

Both of mine are going to be in!

JANE is not the strongest, does not have much training, is not the fastest, and really is not suited for the battlefield. She will do her best to defend others and herself, and will be like those who try to tell others that not killing is necessary. More than likely, if someone really wants to, they can mess with her, chase her around, and then kill her. I won't mind her dying.

SPOCK is gonna find the limits for his strength and that interesting, and he will be testing them a bit. He, of course, will not kill unless he absolutely has to and there is no other choice for him. Saying that, he has had a lot of training, is more than used to surviving in hostile conditions, and can kick some ass. Not to mention the Vulcan nerve pinch. It totally works.


So yeah! I am up for either one or both of them dying or surviving, but they will not likely kill anyone. Jane because she can't and Spock because he won't.

[memoryguardian]

Aw yeah, Spock and Tooth should totally team up as not killing buddies if you want!

Also she'd probably be super impressed by the Vulcan nerve pinch.

[7yearsindrag]

Sheik is totally in for this! Thankfully she's been on the run for 7 years back home, so she knows how to be sneaky and avoid dangerous situations (even without Deku Nuts to help her). And while she wouldn't outright hunt people down, she'd be able to take down a few people if necessary and if she's able to locate some knives.

I'm up for her dying if the plot works out that way. Though I may want her to live to get an item, not sure. Like i said, depends on plotting!

[singinghuntress]

Rip is definitely in on this. I'd also love to have her manage killing one or more people. That, and she's going to be sooo confused at being human. [Assuming all supernatural beings like vampires are human for this event-thing?] So yeah. Rip does have 50+ military experience and deadly accuracy with a gun.

It should also be noted that I either A. want her to live through this or B. Don't want her to die until the very end. Like, she thinks she's going to make it then Surprise! Someone gets her in the back.

So, with that in mind,who want's to play with Rip? Also perfectly fine doing fights that DON'T end in death [but please, can we have a few that do??]

[memoryguardian]

Throwing in both of mine for this event!

Toothiana will not kill anyone. It goes against her convictions. That doesn't mean she will not hesitate to incapacitate people though. She's ruthless in battle and awesome at duel-wielding swords so watch out. If it comes down to it, she'd rather be killed than kill though so have fun with that.

Tatsuki will not hesitate to kill anyone if it means his survival. He may partner up with people if it's to his advantage but if he suspects you may turn on him, he'll turn on you first. :'D Gotta' watch your own back and all that. I don't mind him dying for the event though and would love for him to kill someone in self-defense!

[the_stand_cometh]

WAY TO JUST MAKE JACK GO NUTS. He will not be happy about needing to watch her and she will get all the hugs when she comes back.

Maybe Mary and Tooth could team up for a bit?

Asagi would also be happy to fight and kill either of yours. I'm kind of hoping for him to get an item of some sort~. Asagi was special forces police and he knows how to fight. He usually uses appendages from his back, but they are very scythe-like in form and function, so he'll be looking for one of those. It also seems like he'll be able to keep his night-vision (effect of his slit-pupil,) he should also be able to at least smell blood still. He'd happily keep hunting even if someone ran~.

[maskednanashi]

Throwing in one Trowa Barton and one Michael to the mix!

[feel_nevermore]

I don't think Raven's ever met either or those but what better circumstances than a Battle Royale, y/y? XD